Cotton-picker.



I. W. VITTETUE.

COTTON PICKER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25,1916.

J, W. VITTETUE.

COTTON PICKER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 26| 1915" L 21235, QJQ Patented May 8, 1917.

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pieni@ so veye 'ie pei- ,Geile/Lien suenen seeming in Lne iin is conveyed suenen 'i0 u. 'suitabie Si more tion semplsi u peil of egposeii i'udiul mins. vienns i ing` che drums whereby mms eff one are swung iewui'f fuese ei" the eine? iiuni and penN'ieted 'i'i .n eeen side of i W neucs use inounteci on e @frying ins buying ille you'. YY) die outei en lean und A, unlin inec. The :1i-nis e l inw to foi'jrn e0nucifius fers: @ne piene-,1i lint 'einen is yawn into Ene u n uuu diuius by suction. fa sutukie Yucuun creating; device is moun'e en the im e enel eonnecteii vith une fruins und a fece-L tu in Convey *ine iin' ei' cotton te e pemife' fusi-,huisje he outer Zend, {ip-mung im' muuuy le bend is arranged zhei's hun i'enzzn man" Wi'- i n 1d revolves im' engl; um. i be cwi' muni is which nei; uum fn.' wsu-1f: iepenmg, M;

ecaton of Letbes Patent.

fff1-1 z, specine einnehmen@ el une im en-v rovided for ielveiv ie be pulled from the swine so that only the ifing, is removed.

The invention Wiii ne mo'e feadiiy undeis'eod from u peiusui off the following specification and by reieeence t0 the accompanying; muwings, inwhich :in example the inve'nien is shown und wherein:

iguane l is a pian of the cotton picking sppumsus v iw. 2 sideaeemtion of the same, parts kieken ewa-y.

3 is :i transmise sectone View on ne of is a seetionsi detail ei one of the 3 is a sectional fis-tail of ene 0I" the Leu und F'g. 4j is iengitudinsi sectional View of the cuter end of une ef the sims.

the divewings the numeral 1 designates usuppeiting frame mounted-en a resi axle 2- sufi s vfront, axle The resi' aille is and 'iizieci Lo vertically adjustabe hangers -Liinounted in yokes secured to the fiume. djusingseiews 6 mounted in `the yekes engl the hangers Loi" adjusting the hten The axle 3 is' conneleci'with e fifth "whee which is attached-ie cross sin? bei' 8. Rangers 9 Exec-ifi@ Jshe ends' eiimbei' 8 me ineunye te sicie veticaiiy in yoke which Curries sc'ew il engaging 't 1e hanger also. Wheels l2? in 'wheels i3. By adjusting Ame: screws si und l the fname mim/f' be raised and 10W-- ei'ei. is obvious that any other'acijusting nieu us inizqh; be substituted? and the particib im' efuisiiueon ef such means is not essentiui. uiinbie menus (not shown) may be einnieed im' piepevliing the uppsimus.

Viei ine Cen'ini pution and at each of ine :fiume is mounted a vertical 'regg di'uni l. fis the drums me dupli- Cu'tes'a eseiip' en ef one Wiii suiee foi bein. s shown in detai in Fg 4 the (i-um suppoite in a cust metal simular buse l5 i'as'enedou the noi-tom member of n e shaped hungei hay'A seeui'ed the underside of the frame. The uppei' 0i the base 15 is inerna'ily s`A1 ukiered 'ifo form n bearing 17 for the enlfi of the drum Cyiinfler. piumiij. u {ul/miur arms 'i8 :we mounted at vari- .evuinns en the drum und in staggered eus e Fein-men wrtleuijr uf said drum. Euch arm 3523s in aisee-'tien with the drum has its ug its upper ends.

The branches are supported by a plate extending across the trame l. The flue leads t'orvarc over the center or" the aparatus to a suction tan 59 mounted in 61') and secured by brackets TG.

of the cotton is obstructed by a 5l in the tine, whereby the cotton is el into a down spout 62 which is supi on housing 63 in which a recepciel is snugly fitted and into which the etten is discharged. The receptacle may Je -ved when filled and emptied. The has a pulley 65 which is driven by a from a larger pulley 67 mounted on a counter shaft 69 supported transversely of pinion 68 liked on this shaft is driven. by ar gear TO mounted fast on the sin in operation the machine is propelled or drawn along the row of cotton plants and as it proceeds the drums 14 are revolved so that their arms 18 are projected into the plants laterally. rlie heads 2O of the arms being revolved so as to present the open portioncf the lingers 28 will pick the cottorv lint which is caught on the disks 26 andlater removed from the same into the 29. The suction from the tan 59 drawstne cotton through the arms 18 into ie drums, through the -shanks 55, branches 5S, tine '5? and spout 62 into the receptacle Gl. cotton will be thoroughly picked and no leaves or bells will be drawn into the heads 2O and the unmatured bolls will molested. @Wing to the staggered relation oi the arms, very few if any open bol' 1will be missed.

hat l claim, is:

l. ln a cotton picker, a portable support, a suction creating device mounted on the support, a conveyor connected thereto, and a revolving picking member communicating 'with the conveyer and including a plurality 'f radial conveyers each having a revolving c i picking head on its outer end comn'unicating with the radial conveyers.

n cotton picking member comprising a radial hollov.' arms extending from 'lltl in the outer ends of the arms and comnunicatmg therewith, and means for revolving the drum and the heads in combination with means tor creating a suction through the heads and arms.

A cotton picking member comprising a revolving head having an opening.y a roughened element Within thc head relatively fixed ,ice

nrum. revolving picking heads mounted thereto and exposed by the opening, and means carried by the head for guiding cotton bolls over the opening.

e. A cotton picking member comprising a non-revolving arm, a revolving head mounted on the arm, a roughened cotton picking element carried by the arm Within the head, the head having an opening exposing the roughened element, and means carried by the head for guiding cotton bolls over the opening.

Means for picking cotton which in cludes a cotton entangling element Within a revolving member exposing only a portion of the element, a conveyor coperating With the member and the element and means for creating a suction in the member and the conveyer. y

6. ln a cotton picker, the combination of a portable support, a vertical hollow drum carried by the support, hollow conveyor arms radiating from the'drum, revolving cotton picking devices on the outer ends of the arms, means for revolving the drum and also for revolving the picking devices, and a suction creating vdevice connected with the drum `for removing picked cotton from the arms and the drum.

7. ln a cot-ton picker, the combination of a portable support, a vertical revolving drum, hollow arms radiating from the drum and communicating therewith, a plurality of toothed disks fixed to the outer ends of the arms, revolving heads surrounding the disks andV mounted on the arms, each head having an opening exposing a portion of the toothed peripheries of the disks, said heads communicating With the arms, means for creating a suction through the drum, and head, and means for conveying cotton from the drum.-

8. ln a cotton picker, the combination ci' a Wheel supported frame, a pair of vertical revolving drums carried by the frame, radial conveyer'arms carried by the drums, revolving picker heads mounted on the outer ends of the arms, cotton picking elements hired to the arms Within the heads, means for revolving the drums and also the heads, a suction creating device mounted on the frame, and a conveyer duct leading from the drums to the suction creating device and having a cotton outlet in advance ot said device.

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ln testimony whereof l ahx my signature. 

